Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-23

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-go, Cy1,0lQ vet TO be collected in t7x g :
ron me people a tax on tobacco, +
snuff, cigars, cigarettes, etc, is largely 2 .
Voluntary tex. II not D-.d on these i .
must NOT &c paid on the accessories OF +
life, and ttese arr not uecessaries AZ lie. B
This fax should not e removed "
On th4 same day Breckenridge # Ken f
lucky, another Democratic lester srg
Of th4 Democratic naieIi- +
", submitted 10 the House OF R40r-seL-
t2uyes from tae committee or WAYS e-d .
means another adverse report u.11 the
resolutions repeating the tx upon to-
1&cco. The report is the House tocu-
ment No. 323i, and ccntsIus the follow
ing language: owe ere quite cOntented
TO defer action upon TIE tobacco tai unf!
the purpose Tor which it YVES originally
made Aas been met, or until by the de
crease OF the public deb. and by the
revision Of the present unjust and
u1cqu2ieG tariff laws, the rev
enues TO meet j. eau Es
raised witt less hardsh.3s. 1t is VS.
.aX GE6 the dna1cial war is noS yet erted
and will not be till the last dollar OF the
war deu IS paid, and the last pension IS
fully IL. Among the VIZ taxes noF IL
force are the tOoaCc0 tax, bo.h domestic
ana tCTei.l; the tsX upon spirits aud
beer. botn domestic and foreign; upon
imported sugEc. Al OF these combined
barely suffice - maa- the aaausl charge
for the cost % lLe w1r s.lLCa issu!l upon
US. For these aQd Gtaer reasons We 5a-
i;cve Il IS eNpeiielt TO maintain the
taNss 81 they are"
ihis is Z later record Of the Natoasl
e q M -
question Ct the repe&l CT the internE!
gotten that the Democratic parry vlicn
for ten years have trou taa Iasc term Ct
the Forty. seventh Congress- controlled {. G
House OF Eapreser t1tiyes where aoy
l-. -sure tor tca = peal or reduction a.
lE.se tsxes could be initiated, failed To
az, o. tn subject, AID that f. was Nv sae
Forty seventh Congress by tn
J. ..U1Iic&-s that taX-s We're
reduced S5o0l9,l09 AID tn taT
en- tobacco vas reduced from I. % T.
cents. Yet the leaders Of Che D-mocra .tc
party in Virginia would dellde tle people
into the belzf that tie repeal OF tl2. -ys-
tenn may now be accomplished by the
Democratic pagty. Il 1854 such 9
pcetsHce W2s successfully used by severe.
NeA-NtA' --.- 'f''l--- ! 4'g Asltra.
,o9t they needed lle 9rosiGe4cy TO eCurs
the repeal 6 The system, and the pc.r,e
'Fere fGua doiU1ed into th IL support.
lG ISIS" the promise Of this Iepest was Is
F-lame1tly made Is 10 1851 5y several
Democratic candidates for Congress, 5UC
the people could no longer be deceived.
Eae record OF the Democratic admg1i4tra-
ton and OF national Democracy against
TO- We o. a. vTa- - nv
tlGn any esscFerauol Of principles Of
this minority, and the result
was the defeat OF such candidates.
Ii remains now to be tested
whether the sane hollow pratenses can be
Gsea II 1857 by the Democratic leaders
with shy more success than attended
them in 1886. We declare to gcu thai at
me moment the Republican party lost
control CT the government 1t Was pre-
pared TO act upon t1ia suolec., that Pres
Id5Ll Arthur h2t urged the repeal o. tic
t05scco tSE, and the Democratic House,
with Republican Senate really 10 reduce
taxes, declined TO proceed; 1-15 TIE Il
pu5l'c2o parry is now pTac' c2Ly unitea
IN fav9: oS the repeal OF the Tax On &c !.
a2ccg anu fruit ani d.stllatiOra, and thai
i restored e. power = vii remove the
burden Wllca these products have 50
Long endured, We assert % you t2at
tie Democratic p&rty, By an oTerWde.m-
II : majority IN Congress- Is opposed TO
inc re ga. q JAe lnssTnal revenue system,
~ IS shown by ~ rec11o ccd The dccIsra-
U2As Il its leading men from President
Cleveland down We appeal 70 you if
you 2-FJr t1e repeal OF tn2t system to
support the Republican Candidates for the
Legislature ana not vase = u- vote o.
Democratic candidates, whose faction
i6T9Ti2s TIE repeal Of t2sse tsZcs is IL
thu hopeless minority OF lis own uati0ua.
parry
3. IS 20 the tariff, the platform o. TIE
RJHoske convention n this respect IS 1T
Yarlance with tins rec ri q the Dati-Iel
Democratic party. II trsverseS the rs
tioDal platform o. the party, the recon-
mend4i!9n5 Of the presitiE& officer, a1d
the Propositions Of lis controlling Iac-
ton i Congress. The RJnosfe platform
G-cI4res IN favor CT revenue derived from
= t2In On imports, sId tayor5 he re
Qesl Of the Internal revenue system,
NJ the country Shows The rlv1re- il III
Democratic doctrine, The Democratic
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